Reeling mechanism.



No. 832,974. I PATENTED OCT. 9, 1906.

W. Y. HUNT.

REELING MECHANISM. APPLICATION FILED FEE-i. 1905.

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UNITED STATES P TENT OEEIOE.

' WALTER YOAMAN HUNT, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR To WIL IAM. J. IRWIN, or HOBOK N, NEW JERSEY.

REELI'NG MECHANISM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 9, 1906.

I Application filed February 4,1905. Serial No= 244.183-

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WALTER YOAMAN I HU NT,' a citizen of the United States, and a 'residentof Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented anew and Improved Reeling Mechanism, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. I A

The invention relates to a mechanism for driving reels and the like by which to com-- .pensate for the increasing speed withwhich the material is drawn to the reel, due to the gradually-increasing amount of material wound on the reel. It is particularly useful in connection with tin-foil mills.- In these mills it is. customary to mount a driven ree adjacent to the mill, so as to take the tin-foil w from the mill as soon as it is formed, and with such mechanism the tin-foil is freqp-ently broken,owing to the increasing pull w 'ch is exerted thereon by-the mill as the foil aci-cumulates on the same. My invention seeks to overcome this disadvantage, and I a t-$3 1 thp 'dggi'rp d enrl l'rnmn0' 14 o ..wound on the reel 11, juxtaposed-to the mill,

I fill-WW drive,wh1ch permits a s ppa e 111 the dr1v1ng movement and insures a um orm as contradistinguished from an increasing pull on the The invention involves various features of constructlon and arran ement,which will be fully set forth hereina ter and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate, as an example,

- ence indicate like the preferred embodiment of the invention, in which drawings like characters of referparts in the several views, and in which- Figure 1 is a plan vie. of the reeling mechanism, showing. it juxtaposed to therolls of a tin-foil mill. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 2 2 of Fig; 1. Fig. 3 is an outer side elevation of one of the bearings of the reel,

showing the lock-plate thereon. Fig. 4 is an inner side elevation of the same arts with the reel-arbor in section on the'hne 4 4 of Figh2.

Fig. 1, 10 indicates one of the rolls of a tin-foil mill, and a in Figs. 1 and 2 indicates the foil which is passing therefrom and being as shown in Fig. 1. Said reel is provided with an arbor or axle 12, which projects beyond the,ends of the reel, one end of'the a lock-plate 20, and this plate is provided with a lug 21, which enters the slot 19 and is also provided at the inner side with a flange 22, which is formed with a slot 23, that strad-v dles the shaft 12, and the flange bears be tween the box 14 and a shoulder on said shaft. I

The shaft 15 has a conical opening 24 in the end adjacent to the reel, and said end is enlarged, as shown. At the inner part or apex of the conical opening 24 the shaft is provided with a cylindric bore or cavity 25. The reel is mounted in these-parts so (may readily be removed, and to relao'e the reel oneend of the shaft 12 should e entered into the conical opening 24, the reel being then disposed with its axis'diagonal to the shaft 15, and the reel should then be dropped into horizontal position and said 'end of the shaft simultaneously entered into the bore25, the other end of the shaft being dropped into the bore 14. The reel should then be moved rightward (referring to Fig. 2) until it assumes the position shown in said view, and then the look-plate 20 Should be drop ed into place, engaging the shoulder on the s aft of the reel and preventingthe reel from being displaced. The shaft 15 drives Ilthe reel, and for this purpose it'is'provided with a wheel 26, having. an arm 27 projecting laterally therefrom and engaging the reel, as shown. The sh ft 15 projects beyond thesleeve 16 and carries loosely a flanged driving-pulley 28, which is intended to be driven continuouslyby a belt or any other desired means. At the outer side of'the pulley is located a friction-disk 29, keyed to the end of the interposed between the parts 28 and 29, as shown. Located at the inner side of the pulley 28 is a friction-disk 31, which is splined on the shaft 15 and between which and the pulley. may be interposed, if. desired, a fncshaft. If desired, a friction-plate 30 may be into the box. On top of the box lies loosely rests on the'shaft 12, as shown. The plate started, and the reel will turn at the insetincreasin tion-plate 32. A collar 33-is splined on the shaft 15 inward of the disk 31, and springs 34 are inter osed between said collar and said disk. T e collar 33 is engaged by the hub of a wheel 35,which is threaded on thestationa sleeve 16. By operating the wheel 35 an ,moving it toward or from the disk 31 the tension of the springs 34 may be increased -or diminished, as desired, and these s rings will press the parts 28, 31, and 29 togetlier to a degree dependent upon the tension of the springs, and this tension is regulatable by means of the hand-wheel 35. It is in this manner that the shaft 15, and consequently the reel, is driven through friction, and the friction devices allow a constant slippage of the reel, which will enable it to exert an unvaryingtension on the foil, such tension being controlled by the tension of the springs 34. In the organized operation of the invention, therefore, after the reel has been placed in position the operator should determine thetension which the reel is to exert upon the foil and the hand-wheel 35 should be operated to establish the necessary friction between the shaft 15 and the pulley 28. The pulley 28 should then be tion of th operator at the same speed that the ulley 28 is turning. When, however, the oil accumulates on the reel sufficiently to va the ull which would be exerted on the foi the iction devices begin to slip and l. The device may be set from time to time by operating the hand-wheel or other nut 35 so as to increase or diminish the tension exerted on the foil when desired. V

Various changes in the form, proportions, andminor details of my invention ma be resorted to at will without de arting om the spirit and scope thereof. I Ien'ce I con sider myself entitled to all such variations as may liewithin the terms of my claims.

Having thus described the preferredform of my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

Th combination of an open bearing, a driving-shaft aving taper' open bearing and the other end mounted in said bearing-bore of the drive-shaft, and meitns connecting the drive-shaft with the rec 2. The combination of an open bearing, a driving-shaft having a tapering openin with a bearing-bore 'at its inner end, a ree having one end of its shaft mounted in the open bearing and the other end mounted in said bearing-bore of the drive-shaft, means connecting the drive-shaft with the reel, and a locking device mounted on the open bearing.

3. In a reeling mechanism, the combination of a reel ada ted to have the material wound thereon, the reel having journals at its ends, means for loosely mounting one of said journals, an open bearing adapted to receive the other journal, and a lock-plate adapted to lie between said bearing and the open bearing above the journal therein.

4. In a reeling mechanism, the combination of an open bearing, a driving-shaft hav-' ing a tapering o ening with a bearing at its inner end, a ree having'one of its journals fitted in the open bearing and the other j ournalimuntecLinnsail beari shaft, means connectin with the reel to drive the fatter from the former, and a lock-plate fitting between the open bearing and the reel.

5. In a reeling mechanism, the combination of an open bearing, a driving-shaft hav ing a tapering opening with a bearing at its inner'en'd," a'reei havinge-one of its journals fitted in the open bearing and the other j on nal mounted in said. bearin of the driveshaft, means connecting t e drive-shaft with the reel to drive the latter from the for mer, and a locklate fitting between the 0 en bearing and the reel, the said lockp ate having a rib projecting into the open caring above the journal therein.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WALTER YOAMAN HUNT.

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